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Academic Guidelines

Prof. Dr. Richard Peter Bailey
Research Impact:



Professor Dr Richard Peter Bailey

Deputy Dean (Research and Postgraduate Studies)

Academic Qualifications

Phd, Education
Master of Arts, Philosophy and Mental Health
Bachelor of Education

Areas of Interest
Philosophy of education
Philosophy of mental health
Philosophy of sport
Inclusion and inclusivity
Sustainable, health-enhancing physical activity
Martial arts
Educational neuroscience
Anthropology and history of Malaysia
International and comparative education
Current Research Projects

  • Automaticity in expert performance
  • Silat and ¡®Malayness¡¯
  • Physical activity and human flourishing

Research

  • 2023 ¨C 2026: Research Lead, ¡°Traditional Martial Arts for All¡±. ERASMUS+ Award, European Union.
  • 2023 ¨C 2024: Director, 'Exploring relationships between physical activity and mental health among students of higher education in Malaysia¡¯. Research Excellence & Innovative Grant.
  • 2019 ¨C 2022: Project member, ¡°Policy, Evidence and Knowledge in Coaching¡±. ERASMUS+ Award, European Union.
  • 2018 ¨C 2021: Research Lead, ¡°Promoting Active Cities Throughout Europe¡±. ERASMUS+ Award, European Union.
  • 2017 ¨C 2020: Research Lead, ¡°Activity, Sport and Play for the Inclusion of Refugees in Europe¡±. ERASMUS+ Award, European Union.
  • 2016 ¨C 2019: Research Lead, ¡°Participation, Recreation and Inclusion through Martial Arts Education (PRIME)¡±. ERASMUS+ Award, European Union.
  • 2016 ¨C 2019: Materials development, ¡°Anti-Doping Values in Coach Education (ADVICE)¡±. ERASMUS+ Award, European Union.
  • 2016 - 2019: Monitoring and Evaluation Lead, ¡°Whistleblowing of Harmful Irregularities in Sport through Learning & Education (Sport WHISTLE)¡±. ERASMUS+ Award, European Union.
  • 2016 ¨C 2017: Senior Expert, ¡°Physical Education Policy Analysis¡±. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
  • 2016 - 1017: Principal Investigator, ¡°Working Paper on attitudes to coaching¡±. Professional Golfers Association.
  • 2016 ¨C 2017: Principal Investigator, ¡°Technical review of attitudes to sport¡±. Sport England.

Publications

International Refereed Journal Publications

  1. Chen Xiao Hui, Samsudin, N., & Bailey, R.P. (in press). School Climate and Academic Outcomes in Rural Chinese Secondary Schools: Testing the Mediating Role of Mental Health and Moderating Effect of Resilience. Societies. 
  2. Chen Xiao Hui, Samsudin, N., & Bailey, R.P. (in press). The Effect of Teacher-Student Relationships on Secondary School Students¡¯ Mental Health: The Mediating Effect of School Belonging and Resilience. Frontiers in Education. 
  3. Al-khamaiseh, A. M., Bailey, R. P., & Jarvis, A. (2024). Definitions of Sustainable Leadership in Education: A Systematic Review and Analysis.?Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 19427751241283029. 
  4. Chen Xiao Hui, Bailey, R., bin Xie, H., & Samsudin, N. (2024). The Relationship between Teacher-Students Relationships and Academic Grades Among High School Student: The Role of Perceived Teaching Quality and Student's Mental Health Symptoms. 
  5. Zeng, S., Bailey, R., Peng, S., & Chen, X. (2024). Defining mental health literacy: a systematic literature review and educational inspiration.?Journal of Public Mental Health. 
  6. Zhifeng, G., Singh, C. K. S., Ong, E. T., Singh, S. K. J. C., Bailey, R. P., & Hoe, T. W. (2024). Psychological Constructions in Influencing Female Intentions to Pursue Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Fields.?Asian Journal of University Education,?20(2), 478-497. 
  7. Lan, H., Bailey, R., & Tan, W. H. (2024). Assessing the digital competence of in-service university educators in China: A systematic literature review.?Heliyon,?10(16), e35675. 
  8. Bailey, R. P., Payne, R., Raya Demidoff, A., Samsudin, N., & Scheuer, C. (2024). Active recess: School break time as a setting for physical activity promotion in European primary schools.?Health Education Journal, 00178969241254187.  
  9. Bailey, R. P., Reeves, M., Glibo, I., & Samsudin, N. (2024). An International Survey of Sports Coaches¡¯ Knowledge, Understanding, and Definitions of Physical Literacy.?International Sports Studies,?46(1), 3-21.  
  10. Guintoa, M. L. M., & Baileyb, R. P. (2024). Embracing the Future: Transitioning to a Completely Open-Access Platform.?International Sports Studies,?46(1), 1-2.  
  11. Zhifeng, G., Singh, C. K. S., Ong, E. T., Singh, S. K. J. C., Bailey, R. P., & Hoe, T. W. (2024). Psychological Constructions in Influencing Female Intentions to Pursue Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Fields.?Asian Journal of University Education,?20(2), 478-497.  
  12. Samsudin, N., Bailey, R. P., Ries, F., Hashim, S. N. A. B., & Fernandez, J. A. (2024). Assessing the impact of physical activity on reducing depressive symptoms: a rapid review.?BMC sports science, medicine and rehabilitation,?16(1), 107.  
  13. Uddin, M. M., & Bailey, R. P. (2024). Students¡¯ Perception of the Effects of Integrating EdTech in Teaching English Poetry in Higher Education in Bangladesh.?The International Journal of Learning in Higher Education,?31(2), 33.  
  14. Bailey, R.P. (2024). Silat Warriors as Malay Heroes. KEMANUSIAAN: The Asian Journal of Humanities. 31(1), 127-147. 
  15. Zhang, J., Zhang, Z., Peng, S., Veloo, A., Bailey, R. P., & Tan, W. H. (2023). Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Version of Sport Anxiety Scale-2.?Frontiers in Psychology,?14, 1260253. 
  16. Motevalli, S., Salahshour, H. M., & Bailey, R. P. (2023). The mediating role of cognitive flexibility in the relationship between cognitive emotion regulation strategies and mindfulness in patients with type 2 diabetes.?Journal of affective disorders,?339, 676-682. 
  17. Bailey, R. P., Va?¨ª?kov¨¢, J., Payne, R., Raya Demidoff, A., & Scheuer, C. (2023). Active transport to school and health-enhancing physical activity: a rapid review of European evidence.?Cities & Health,?7(5), 875-887. 
  18. Bailey, R., Ries, F., Heck, S., & Scheuer, C. (2023). Active Learning: A Review of European Studies of Active Lessons.?Sustainability,?15(4), 3413. 
  19. Bailey, R., Ries, F., & Scheuer, C. (2023). Active Schools in Europe¡ªA Review of Empirical Findings.?Sustainability,?15(4), 3806. 
  20. Bailey, R. P., & Angit, S. (2022). Conceptualising Inclusion and Participation in the Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles.?International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,?19(16), 9917. 
  21. Bailey, R. (2022). Meaning, will to meaning, and Frankl¡¯s existential psychiatry.?Philosophical Psychology, 37(8), 2449-2465.
  22. Bailey, R., & Sweeney, R. (2022). Principles and strategies of inclusive physical activity: a European Delphi study.?Journal of Public Health, 1-8. 
  23. Bailey, R., & Scheuer, C. (2022). The COVID-19 pandemic as a fortuitous disruptor in physical education: the case of active homework.?AIMS Public Health,?9(2), 423. 
  24. Vl?ek, P. Bailey, R.P., J. Va?¨ª?kov¨¢, & Scheuer, C.?(2021). Active Learning in Primary Schools: a review of European studies of classroom-based physically active lessons. International Sport Studies. 
  25. Nicholls, A. R., Madigan, D. J., Fairs, L. R., & Bailey, R. (2020). Mental health and psychological well-being among professional rugby league players from the UK.?BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine,?6(1). 
  26. Nicholls, A. R., Fairs, L. R., Plata-Andr¨¦s, M., Bailey, R., Cope, E., Madigan, D., ... & Chanal, B. (2020). Feasibility randomised controlled trial examining the effects of the Anti-Doping Values in Coach Education (ADVICE) mobile application on doping knowledge and attitudes towards doping among grassroots coaches.?BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine,?6(1), e000800.  
  27. Bailey, R. (2021). Defining physical literacy: making sense of a promiscuous concept.?Sport in Society,?25(1), 163-180. 
  28. Bailey, R.P. (2020). Educating with Brain, Body and World Together. Interchange ¨C a quarterly review of education. Online First, doi.org/10.1007/s10780-020-09390-5. 
  29. Bailey, R.P., Glibo, I. & Koenen, K. (2019). Some Questions about Physical Literacy. International Journal of Physical Education. 56(4), 2¨C6. 
  30. Bailey, R.P., Warner, R., Wright, J., Carr, S., Pryce, J., & Cope, E. (2019). Engaging Young People in Golf: a Delphi Expert Consensus Study. International Journal of Golf Science. 7(2). 
  31. Bailey, R.P. (2019). Girls, Women and Health: The limits of choice and opportunity. International Sports Studies. 40(2), pp. 47-55. 
  32. Bailey, R.P., Glibo, & Howells, K. (2018). Physical Activity and?Mental Health?of?School-Aged Children and?Adolescents: A Rapid Review. International Journal of Physical Education. 3(4), pp 1-12. 
  33. Parnell, D., May, A., Widdop, P., Cope, E., & Bailey, R. (2019). Management strategies of non-profit community sport facilities in an era of austerity.?European Sport Management Quarterly,?19(3), 312-330. 

 

Books

  1. Bailey, R.P., Agans, J., C?t¨¦, J., Daly-Smith, A. & Tomporowski, P. (Eds)(2021). Sport and Physical Activity: The First Ten Years. London; Routledge.
  2. Hofmann, A.R., Diketm¨¹ller, Koenen, K., Bailey, R.P., & Zinkler, C. (Eds)(2017). Passionately Inclusive towards participation and friendship in sport. Festschrift f¨¹r Gudrun Doll-Tepper. M¨¹nster: Waxmann.
  3. Meeusen, R., Schaefer, S., Tomporowski, P., & Bailey, R. (Eds)(2017). Physical Activity and Educational Achievement: Insights from Exercise Neuroscience. London; Routledge.
  4. Doll-Tepper, G., Koenen, K. & Bailey, R.P. (Eds)(2017). Sport, Education & Social Policy: the state of the social science. London: Routledge.
  5. Bailey, R.P. & Talbot, M. (Eds)(2016). Elite Sport and Sport-for-All: bridging the two cultures of sport. London: Routledge.
  6. Bailey, R.P. (2013). A. S. Neill and Summerhill. New York: Bloomsbury.

Monographs

  1. Bailey, R., Va?¨ª?kov¨¢, J., Vl?ek, P., Demidoff, A. R., P¨¹hse, U., Heck, S., & Scheuer, C. (2019). An International Review of the Contributions of School-based Physical Activity, Physical Education, and School Sport to the Promotion of Health-enhancing Physical Activity. Luxembourg: EUPEA.
  2. Bailey, R.P., Holzweg, M., Koenen, K., Glibo, I., Olosov¨¢, G. & De Roos, J. (2016). The State of Physical Activity in Europe. Paris: Think Tank Sport et citoyennet¨¦.

Chapters

  1. Bailey, R.P. & Glibo, I. (2022). Sport, Education and Opportunities. Wenner, L. (Ed.). Oxford Handbook of Sport and Society. New York: Oxford University Press.
  2. Bailey, R.P. & Callary, B. (2022). Sport Education from a Global Perspective. In K. Petry & J. de Johan (eds), Education in Sport and Physical Activity. Future Directions and Global Perspectives. London: Routledge.
  3. Bailey, R.P. & Glibo, I. (2022). Sports Didactics in the United Kingdom. In K. Kleiner & B. H?ger (Eds), Sports Didactics in Europe - History, Current Trends and Future Developments. M¨¹nster: Waxmann.
  4. Bailey, R. P. (2021). The Child¡¯s Right to an Open Sporting Future. In R. Bailey, J. Agans, J. C?t¨¦, A. Daly-Smith, & P. Tomporowski (Eds), Sport and Physical Activity: The First Ten Years. London; Routledge.
  5. Bailey, R.P., Glibo, I. & Ngwa, A. (2020). Inequality and International Sports Policy. In J. Maguire (Eds). The Business and Culture of Sports: Society, Politics, Economy, Environment. Farmington Hill, MI: MacMillan Reference USA.
  6. Bailey, R.P. & Koenen, K. (2019). Schulsportentwicklung im globalen Vergleich: Herausforderungen und Trends. In K. Petry (ed.), Sport und globale Zusammenarbeit. Leverkusen: Barbara Budrich Verlag.
  7. Bailey, R.P., Bailey, R.J. & Levitt, N. (2018). Talent Management. In S. Chadwick, D. Parnell, P. Widdop & C. Anagnostopoulos (Eds), Handbook of Football Business and Management. Routledge. London: Routledge.
  8. Bailey, R.P. (2018). Being there: Exploring an embodied-relational approach to understanding children¡¯s physical activity. In J. Leigh (ed.), Embodiment in Higher Education. London: Routledge.
  9. Bailey, R.P. (2018). Is Sport Good for us? In D. Parnell and P. Krustrup (Ed.), Sport and Health. London: Routledge.
  10. Bailey, R.P. (2017). Exercise Neuroscience: the good, the bad and the ugly. In R.P. Bailey, P. Tomporowski, R. Meussen and S. Schaeffer (eds), Physical Activity and Educational Achievement. London: Routledge.
  11. Bailey, R.P, Cope, E. & Reeves, M. (2016). The Human Capital Model. In G. Doll-Tepper, K. Koenen, & R.P. Bailey (Eds), Sport, Education & Social Policy: the state of the social science. London: Routledge.
  12. Bailey, R.P. (2016). Physical Development and Growth. In M. Bornstein (ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publishers.
  13. Bailey, R.P. and Collins, D. (2016). The Problem with the Pyramid: why most models of talent development are flawed. In M. Talbot & R.P. Bailey (eds), Elite Sport and Sport-for-All: bridging the two cultures? Berlin / London: ICSSPE / Routledge.
  14. Collins, D. and Bailey, R.P. (2016). A sporting utopia: easing the essential tension in sport policy. In M. Talbot & R.P. Bailey (eds), Elite Sport and Sport-for-All: bridging the two cultures? Berlin / London: ICSSPE / Routledge.
  15. Bailey, R.P. (2016). Talent Development and the Luck Problem. In R.S. Kretchmar, & P. Hopsicker (Eds), Philosophy of Sport: Critical Concepts in Sports Studies: Sport and the Good Life. Routledge.